Reviews
Intrepid Adventures to the Lost Riddim Islands
Nicky Bomba is one of Australia’s busiest musos. Whether drumming behind his roots guitarist brother-in-law John Butler, fronting the 26-piece...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2012
Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970
The latest compilation from Seattle-based Sublime Frequencies is a dizzying double whammy of obscurities and information. Documenting the 60s rock...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: June/2013
Vieilles Caniques et Nouvelles Caniques
Stanley Brinks & the Old-Time Kaniks
Indie-folk is often terrible: a ham-fisted, middle-of-the-road mush of xylophones and ukuleles that is unashamedly twee and contrivedly cute. Thankfully,...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2017
Band of Gypsies 2
Taraf de Haidouks & Koçani Orkestar
Ten years ago Romania's super fast Gypsy fiddling stars Taraf de Haidouks teamed up with Macedonian brass band the Koçani...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2011
Revolt for Change
After his 2021 Top of the World album Diversity, Ebo Krdum has followed up with two albums for the royalty-free...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2023
The Best of the Black President 2
This is consistently great music: a sublime mix of jazz, funk and a dreamy groove. Fela Kuti created a whole...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: Apr/May/2013
The Bridge
Arash Moradi plays the tanbur – a saz-like long-necked lute that is played in Iranian Kurdistan. For many it is...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2018
Piazzolla 2021
French prodigy Louise Jallu took an interest in tango when she was five and has been playing virtuoso bandoneón since...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2021
Akofa Akoussah
Togolese singer Akofa Akoussah died in 2007 aged just 57 and this – originally recorded and released by the French...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: March/2019
Taoba
A new group from the Solomon Islands, Kaumaakonga hail from the small southern isles of Mungava and Mungiki (jointly referred...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2019
